[quote name='Strell']Whoa. I didn't know people were still doing these sorts of things. Seems like most of 'em get C&D letters from stupid lawyers from the stupid companies that don't even use/care about the IP in question anymore.
I mean, LucasFan games got shut down and they apparently had a good number of projects in the wings...but at least Maniac Mansion Deluxe came out of that before bastards went after 'em.
Never played the QFG series but it's always been on my to-do-to-play list. So I'll check this out - thanks for the heads up, Troz.
Just in case anyone is looking for some decent and free adventure games (CaptainRainbow64, for example), go to fullyramblomatic.com and download the "Chzo" quadrilogy. It's made by Yahtzee (or Ben Croshaw), the guy behind the now-infamous Zero Punctuation game reviews every Wednesday on the Escapist.
The order to play them in:
5 Days a Stranger
7 Days a Skeptic
Trilby's Notes
6 Days a Sacrifice
I played through 5 Days last week. Pretty simple overall, but a good atmosphere and some nice characterization. These games are horror-themed so you'll get some good scares in here and there. Note that he DOES offer "special editions" for 5 bucks (or 15 for the whole pack), and I did go ahead and get those. The commentary he puts into the game is interesting (kinda like how Portal does it), but I'm sure you could be satisfied with the free versions.
Lemme know if anyone likes 'em.[/QUOTE]
Got the first two, plated 5 days about a year ago.
They did get the letter, but a petition go tit back up and running I do believe. It is on the pretense that they make no money off it.
However they have Himilayan Studios and dropped Al Emmo last year which was a pretty good game actually.